David Deveen
(London, England: 24th April 1900 - late August 1989)
Stage name of A.W. Parsons. Pro manipulator 1920s-60s, touring Britain, the Continent, and the world and billed as the "Gay Deceiver", "Distinguished Deceiver" or the "Debonair Deceiver". Worked his silent act with 6 female assistants who were marketed as "...and his New York (or American) Blondes". He was Vice-President of Leicester Magic Circle.
Wrote Cigarette Magic and Manipulation [1929, 38pp] and Expert Cigarette Magic (1932, 59pp; repr 1936).
